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2009 Annual Meeting

The annual meeting was held on November 10, 2009. New chapter officers were elected, a brief business meeting was held, and a Helios 5wt was raffled off prior to the scheduled presentations.
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"Fly fishing for trout in the Green Mountains."

This video by Pete Kutzer was shown during the recent annual chapter meeting. If you missed the meeting, don't miss this video.
Fly fishing for trout in the Green Mountains
Bad Samples Blamed For Low Fish Numbers

Article from November 13, 2009 Bennington Banner regarding the most recent electro-fishing survey on the Batten Kill.
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Electroshocking video

View a short video from the most recent electro-fishing survey conducted on the Batten Kill in the Twin Rivers Farm habitat restoration project area.
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electro-fishing
Save Bristol Bay

The Pebble Partnership wants to create one of North America's largest open-pit gold-copper mega mines within a much larger potential mining district in the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
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Just Say No!
Twin Rivers Farm Project

Work on Phase 2 was completed on Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Read on for project details and to see some photos of the newly installed habitat structures.
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Twin Rivers Project Poster
Didymo Confirmed in Batten Kill

A VT ANR press release from August 6, 2007 confirmed fears that didymo is present in the Batten Kill. To read the VT ANR press release, and for more information, read on...
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Didymo Discovered in Vermont

A potentially disasterous development for the trout fisheries of VT and all of the Northeast, the aquatice nuisance algae Didymo, an invasive species, has been confirmed present in the White and Connecticut Rivers in VT/NH. Read more here about what you can do to help prevent the spread of this aquatic nuisance algae.
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CHECK, CLEAN, DRY

Read the recommended procedures for cleaning your equipment in order to help prevent the spread of Didymo.
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Current local stream flow data from USGS
Keep It Wild!
Past Newsworthy Items

Chapter Meetings

Next Chapter Meeting
TBD

Board Meetings

Meeting dates & minutes
Next board meeting:
Feb. 9, 2010
Executive Board
Mike Healy
Jeff Swedberg
Frank Nelson
Scott McEnaney
Directors
Kim Kolakowski (P.P.*)
Peter Basta
Peter Bellamy
David Carmona
Eric Rickstad
Alex Sienkiewicz
Ed Vallerie
* Past President
Thank You
 
4th Annual Pancake Breakfast 2009
 
2nd Annual Batten Kill BBQ 2008
 
3rd Annual Pancake Breakfast 2008
 
Green Up Vermont Walloomsac River Cleanup 2008
 
2007 First Annual Batten Kill BBQ.
 
2007 GMNF Youth Fishing Derby.
 
2007 Fly Tying Classes.
 
Previous events
 
Thank You
 
"Bad samples blamed for low fish numbers" Nov 13, 2009 article by Keith Whitcomb Bennington Banner
 
"Palin's Hand Seen in Battle Over Mine in Alaska" Oct 22, 2008 article by MICHAEL POWELL and JO BECKER New York Times
 
"Trout numbers jump in Batten Kill" Sept 26, 2008 article by Patrick McArdle Rutland Herald
 
"Stretch of Batten Kill restored" Sept 13, 2008 article by Patrick McArdle Rutland Herald
 
Past Press Coverage
 
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